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Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Then what isוּמֶהthisהַזֶּהsoundקוֹלof the flockהַצֹּאןin my ears,בְּאָזְנָיand the soundוְקוֹלof the herdהַבָּקָרthatאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיhear?”שֹׁמֵעַ
1 Samuel 15:14
Study it in the app“Samuel said, “Then what is this sound of the flock in my ears, and the sound of the herd that I hear?””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 15:14, word by word
- Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלshemuel
Samuel
Samuel, the name of two persons. One was a chief of the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 34:20). The best known is the son of Elkanah and Hannah, prophet and last judge of Israel, who anointed the kings Saul and David. The name sounds like "heard by El" or "name of El."
Where else “shemuel” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- soundקוֹלkol
sound
What is heard: a noise, a sound or a din.
Where else “kol” appears- of the flockצֹּאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- in my earsאָזְנָazna
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azna” appears- of the herdבָּקָרbakar
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appears- hearשֹׁמֵעַshomea
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shomea” appears
The context
13Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed are you by YHWH. I have carried out the word of YHWH.”
14 · This verse (above)
15Saul said, “From the Amalekites they have brought them, for the people spared the best of the flock and the herd in order to sacrifice to YHWH your Elohim; and the rest we have devoted to destruction.”